SEW LONDON PROJECT CIC
Fashion designer /Artist/social entrepreneur
ART/ Textiles
skirts and scrunchies workshop 2022
What we do
The Sew London Project CIC is a social enterprise that aims to reduce âtextile waste by empowering communities through hands-on workshops. âThe organization teaches essential repair and alteration sewing skills, âallowing individuals to extend the life of their garments and reduce their âenvironmental impact. In addition to workshops, Sew London offers a âvariety of services, including clothing rentals, professional repair and âalteration services, and the resale of preloved clothing. By providing these âsustainable fashion solutions, the enterprise encourages a circular âeconomy and promotes mindful consumption. Our core mission is to foster âcreativity, sustainability, and community engagement while reducing the âfashion industry's carbon footprint through practical sewing skills and âsustainable practices.
Why CREATIVE SUSTAINABLE RESPONSIBILITY?
About Us
It is important to take care of our environment and help improve the well-being of lives, these two âthings are very important to the Sew London Project CIC, we started in 2013 and evolved into a âsocial enterprise in 2020.
We continue to to work within our local community of Barking and Dagenham, the council, Schools, âand other organisations, on collaborative projects to help educate how to reduce textile waste âcreatively.
It is important to promote sustainable Fashion education to the younger generation through social âresponsibility programs in schools and Further education colleges, to help raise awareness of the ânegative impact of fast fashion on our environment, and to promote the reduction of landfill and âcarbon emissions.
The programs will teach how to reduce, reuse and upcycle workshops, sewing, Up-cycling projects âand talks.
Our school workshops can be tailored to the school time table anything from 45 mins assembly, one âday projects to several workshops over a term. We also run CPD Days for organisations and schools.
SEW LONDON PROJECT CIC WORKSHOPS
What we do: community workshops
Half-term upcycling fun T-Shirts to Bags
Sewing workshops at BD Adult college
- Sustainability education programmes
- Alterations and repairs
- Extending the life of garments âresponsibly
- Upcycling of Textile waste
- Reduce environmental footprint
- Health and well-being workshops
- Creativity for pleasure or profit
100 Pieces of Becontree workshops
Working with the elderly at Harmony House
King Charles Jubilee festival
Sewing workshops at SLP Popup store
Talking to customer at the SLP Popup
What we do
SEW LONDON REPURPOSE STORE
The high street has changed and the SEW LONDON âPROJECT CIC wants to be part of the revolutionary vision âto Re-think the high street and circular economy.
In September to November 2023 we opened our first âPop-up store at Ilford Spark Lab, and the community had âa positive response to our presence and our vision to âreduce waste and sell second hand clothes, or have their âgarments professionally repaired.
At the Sew London Project Re-Purpose Pop-ups and âShops,
Our focus is on resale of pre-loved fashion, clothes ârentals, professional repairs and alterations services, but âwe also educate the next generation health and well-âbeing, repairs and alteration skills to repair their own âgarments, entrepreneurial skills, sewing, arts and craft âprojects to Adults and Young people how to re-think fast âfashion and its harmful effects on the environment.
The Mayor's of London's vision is by 2030, there will be âzero waste, textiles being one of the worst pollutants.
The heart of what we do is working with local âcommunities, deliver 'Catch them young' Up-cyclinâg schools projects in conjunction with the local wastâe management team within the Borough of Barking anâd Dagenham, and other sustainable events in otheâr London âbâoâroughs.
SEW LONDON PROJECT CIC âWORKSHOPS
SLP Repurpose Pop up sales
SLP Repurpose Pop up store
Sew London Repurpose Pop up
Hosting a cultural group from Peru
What we do
Social enterprise: rentals
NEW COLLABORATION
PRE-LOVED RENTALS
VIâNTAGE /RETRO RENTALS
PROM DRESS RENTALS
WEDDING GOWN RâENTALS
PRELOVED DESIGNER RENTALS
FANCY DRESS RENTALS
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
SEW LONDON PROJECT âonline
What we do: Ebay for change
EBAY FOR CHANGE
- Sew London project is part of the âeBay for change programme
- we use every opportunity either âonline or in person to sell our âpreloved clothing responsibly
- We started this year 2024
- We have made some sales and we âhave maintained our 100% âfeedback
- Reduce environmental footprint
Tudor art installation art collaboration
Tudor art installation art collaboration
Children's half-term sewing classes
We are a big believer in giving back to the âcommunity so when I was approached in 2022 âto create Bereavement quilt blankets for âQueens Hospital Romford, my local âcommunity raised money to buy fabric and I âvolunteered with some members from my âsewing group to make blankets for the âbereaved, this is an on-going project, which âaim to keep supporting for as long as we can.
SLP sewing group with hospital staff at Queens Hospital 2024
Bereavement Quilts for hospitals made by Sew âLondon Project
Queens hospital staff 2024
Sewing workshops
Bereavement quilts
Quilt making workshops
2022 -2024 I collaborated with Recycle for my âCommunity, Repair week to Repair and Alter âGarments brought in by the public to show âthem how to extend the life cycle of their âgarments.
The Repair Cafe are ongoing and I also run âCorporate events to teach staff how they can âbe more sustainable through make do and âmend events
The Sew London project runs Arts/Craft, âtextiles, creative upcycling, health & wellbeing âand sewing workshops throughout the year âwithin Barking & Dagenham and London.
Repair Week collaboration
Repair and Alterations Forest Gate
Sewing Repairs Cafe
SLP Repurpose store
Repair and Alteration collaboration with Recycle for âyour community Beckton
Clothes Swaps Repair Cafe
We run sewing workshops âthroughout the year with different âthemes some are collaborations âwith other groups that have âcommissioned us to run âsustainable workshops
And others are funded and we âdeliver these sewing and repairs âalteration projects in and around âLondon.
Repair Week collaboration
Fabric printing workshop
Land sec corporate event
Refreshtival event
Recycle old T-shirts project
Volunteer Sewing scrubs during the pandemic 2020
BD Adult college funded workshops
Sewing workshop at Walthamstow 2020
Fabric donation sale
Upcycling old clothes into cushion covers
Featured in Guardian newspaper 2017
BD adult college funded workshop
Volunteer Sewing scrubs for the Queens and King âGeorge's Hospital NHS during the 2020 Covid -19 âpandemic
art and Textiles
Working with schools and organisations
Working in Schools
100 pieces of Becontree schools and community project â2021
London Borough of Barking and Dagenhan âRecognition Award 2019
art and Textiles
Working with schools and organisations
2022 Saw Queen Elizabeth's platinum Jubilee celebration and the Sew London project was commissioned by the council to run a series of workshops and Art competition for young people to create 6 flags to line the high street in Barking.
We also were asked to create 5 Giant crowns and 200 mini crown decorations for Barking Abbey
Giant woven banner community art
Pavement art summer community project 2022
Tie and Dye vegetable dyes community project 2022
Giant crowns for the Queens platinum Jubilee 2022
Head gear commissioned for Grow community art project
art and Textiles
Solo Art Exhibition 2019 Textiles
NO MEANS NO
A tree cannot stand alone in the midst of a storm
As the bird wanders as the swallow flies... the curse causeless will ânot come
The Grass is not always greener on the other side of âthe fence
Freedom
Working in Schools
Artist Facilitator at the Creative Barking Dagenham GROW âprogramme
Summer of Festival ''Thank you to the NHS''
Up-cycle old T-shirts to Tote bags
Upcycled socks to snowmen workshop
Working in Schools paper weaving
health and wellbeing
The Sew London project featured in the Dagenham Post
BD Giving funded our idea for Lip reading face masks for the âhard of hearing, educational institutions and deaf
Queens platinum Jubilee summer celebration âArt competition 2022
The Sew London project summer of festivals âletters K
Recognition Award from the leader Darren Rodwell for our âcontribution to the local community
One Borough flags on Barking high street
health and wellbeing
2022 Creative Barking Dagenham Christmas Social
Creative barking & Dagenham commissioned
Guy Fawkes
Glow lantern parade Giant Guys and change makers Barking and âDagenham
Christmas social 2022
Christmas social
Christmas social
SEW LONDON PROJECT work in the community
Filmimg for Black History Month
Prize giving for One Borough Flags âcompetition
Filming of My MOTHERS TRUNKBOX, BCA Walthamstow âMake-up department
Black history month hall âof fame
Workshop in the BLC for children
DO YOU Want to collaborate WITH THE SEW LONDON PROJECT CIC?
Email us: sewlondonproject@gmail.com
Tel: 07449035216
Adress: 62 - 76 Abbey Road âthe Malthouse studio 4
IG11 7BT
Designed Lip-reading Facemasks during the pandemic for schools, hard of hearing and âspecial needs organisations. 2020 funded by BD Giving
PARTNERS
Another satisfied customer from the repair cafe
